Uprooted, an eco/travel blog

Last night a huge storm rolled through Austin.

According to the neighbors who were out on the porch watching the weather with me, storms like this aren’t out of the ordinary. I’m like, really? Lighting and thunder every couple of seconds, funnel clouds, quarter-sized hailstones, and two inches of rain in half an hour— that’s normal?
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Wow, a week just turned into two weeks, didn’t it? I must have needed the break. And boy did I get it!

Big Range Austin Dance Festival, originally uploaded by Andrew Baron

Here I am in Austin, Texas, where I’ve just spent two hot&humid weeks traipsing around with a passel of homies, swimming, getting sunburned, eating pizza, [...]